January 25, 2016 · Hydrogeology • German • German, Scandinavian and Dutch Studies •...

State of the School of Undergraduate Studies��January 25, 2016

It’s 2016…

UGS is now fully accomplishing what we were originally built to do … and we are doing a lot more, too.

Our programs are gaining national attention and are being copied by other universities.

What UGS has put in place will naturally support the next phase of curriculum reform at UT.

Key Recommendations

1.  Create a new structure (UGS) to support academic change and oversee the ��core curriculum

2.  Create a home for new students without majors

3.  Creation of Signature Courses

4.  Creation of the Skills and Experience Flags ��for a reimagined core curriculum

Faculty governance at its best - - College oversight by a broadly representative committee: Undergraduate Studies Advisory Committee (UGSAC). ��

UGS and each of its academic programs are overseen by broadly representa8ve faculty commi:ees. UGS governance represents a unique and exemplary model of university-‐wide academic program oversight.

Key Recommendations





The Problems:Most 18 year-olds do not know what they want to do.

Too many students want only a few majors.

We ask students to choose a major before they have even heard of most of what we offer.

These three problems amplify each other.

Top 5 Majors Chosen by Incoming StudentsAccounting • Acting • Actuarial Science • Advertising • Aerospace Engineering • African and African Diaspora Studies • All-Level Generic Special Education • American Studies • Ancient History • Anthropology • Apparel, Functional and Technical Design • Applied Mathematics • Architectural Engineering • Architectural Studies • Architecture • Architecture/Architectural Engineering • Asian American • Astronomy • Athletic Training • Audiology • Biochemistry • Biomedical Engineering • Biophysics • Business • Cell and Molecular Biology • Chemical Engineering • Chinese • Civil Engineering • Classical Archaeology • Classics • Composition • Computation • Computational Biology • Computer Science • Corporate Communication • Dance • Dance Studies • Design • Dietetics • Early Childhood • Early Childhood to Grade 6 Bilingual Generalist Certification • Early Childhood to Grade 6 Generalist • East Asia • Ecology, Evolution and Behavior • Economics • Education of the Deaf/Hearing Impaired • Electrical and Computer Engineering • English • Environmental Science (Biological Sciences) • Environmental Science (Geographical Sciences) • Environmental Science (Geological Sciences) • European Studies • Exercise Science • Families and Personal Relationships • Families and Society • Finance • French • Geography • Geological Sciences General • Geophysics • Geosystems Engineering and Hydrogeology • German • German, Scandinavian and Dutch Studies • Government • Greek • Health and Society • Health Promotion • Hindi/Urdu • History • Human Biology • Human Development • Human Ecology • Human Relations • Humanities • Hydrogeology • Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures • Interior Design • International Business • International Nutrition • International Relations and Global Studies • Islamic Studies • Italian • Japanese • Jazz Composition • Jazz Performance • Jewish Studies • Journalism • Korean • Latin • Latin American Studies • Linguistics • Malayalam • Management • Management Information Systems • Marine and Freshwater Science • Marketing • Mathematical Sciences • Mechanical Engineering • Medical Laboratory Science • Merchandising and Consumer Sciences • Mexican American • Microbiology and Infectious Diseases • Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures • Middle Eastern Studies • Music • Music Studies • Neurobiology • Neuroscience • Nursing • Nutrition and Public Health • Nutritional Sciences • Performance • Petroleum Engineering • Pharmacy • Philosophy • Physical Culture and Sports • Plan II Honors Program • Plant Biology • Political Communication • Pre-Pharmacy • Psychology • Public Health • Public Relations • Pure Mathematics • Radiation Physics • Radio-Television-Film • Religious Studies • Rhetoric and Writing • Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies • Sanskrit • Science and Technology Management • Social Work • Sociology • South Asia • Space Sciences • Speech/Language Pathology • Sport Management • Studio Art • Supply Chain Management • Taiwan • Tamil • Teaching • Theatre and Dance • Theatre Studies • Undeclared • Urban Studies • Visual Art Studies • Women’s and Gender Studies • Youth and Community Studies

154 Majors Offered at UT AustinAccounting • Acting • Actuarial Science • Advertising • Aerospace Engineering • African and African Diaspora Studies • All-Level Generic Special Education • American Studies • Ancient History • Anthropology • Apparel, Functional and Technical Design • Applied Mathematics • Architectural Engineering • Architectural Studies • Architecture • Architecture/Architectural Engineering • Asian American • Astronomy • Athletic Training • Audiology • Biochemistry • Biomedical Engineering • Biophysics • Business • Cell and Molecular Biology • Chemical Engineering • Chinese • Civil Engineering • Classical Archaeology • Classics • Composition • Computation • Computational Biology • Computer Science • Corporate Communication • Dance • Dance Studies • Design • Dietetics • Early Childhood • Early Childhood to Grade 6 Bilingual Generalist Certification • Early Childhood to Grade 6 Generalist • East Asia • Ecology, Evolution and Behavior • Economics • Education of the Deaf/Hearing Impaired • Electrical and Computer Engineering • English • Environmental Science (Biological Sciences) • Environmental Science (Geographical Sciences) • Environmental Science (Geological Sciences) • European Studies • Exercise Science • Families and Personal Relationships • Families and Society • Finance • French • Geography • Geological Sciences General • Geophysics • Geosystems Engineering and Hydrogeology • German • German, Scandinavian and Dutch Studies • Government • Greek • Health and Society • Health Promotion • Hindi/Urdu • History • Human Biology • Human Development • Human Ecology • Human Relations • Humanities • Hydrogeology • Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures • Interior Design • International Business • International Nutrition • International Relations and Global Studies • Islamic Studies • Italian • Japanese • Jazz Composition • Jazz Performance • Jewish Studies • Journalism • Korean • Latin • Latin American Studies • Linguistics • Malayalam • Management • Management Information Systems • Marine and Freshwater Science • Marketing • Mathematical Sciences • Mechanical Engineering • Medical Laboratory Science • Merchandising and Consumer Sciences • Mexican American • Microbiology and Infectious Diseases • Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures • Middle Eastern Studies • Music • Music Studies • Neurobiology • Neuroscience • Nursing • Nutrition and Public Health • Nutritional Sciences • Performance • Petroleum Engineering • Pharmacy • Philosophy • Physical Culture and Sports • Plan II Honors Program • Plant Biology • Political Communication • Pre-Pharmacy • Psychology • Public Health • Public Relations • Pure Mathematics • Radiation Physics • Radio-Television-Film • Religious Studies • Rhetoric and Writing • Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies • Sanskrit • Science and Technology Management • Social Work • Sociology • South Asia • Space Sciences • Speech/Language Pathology • Sport Management • Studio Art • Supply Chain Management • Taiwan • Tamil • Teaching • Theatre and Dance • Theatre Studies • Undeclared • Urban Studies • Visual Art Studies • Women’s and Gender Studies • Youth and Community Studies

153 Minors Offered at UT AustinAccounting • Acting • Actuarial Science • Advertising • Aerospace Engineering • African and African Diaspora Studies • All-Level Generic Special Education • American Studies • Ancient History • Anthropology • Apparel, Functional and Technical Design • Applied Mathematics • Architectural Engineering • Architectural Studies • Architecture • Architecture/Architectural Engineering • Asian American • Astronomy • Athletic Training • Audiology • Biochemistry • Biomedical Engineering • Biophysics • Business • Cell and Molecular Biology • Chemical Engineering • Chinese • Civil Engineering • Classical Archaeology • Classics • Composition • Computation • Computational Biology • Computer Science • Corporate Communication • Dance • Dance Studies • Design • Dietetics • Early Childhood • Early Childhood to Grade 6 Bilingual Generalist Certification • Early Childhood to Grade 6 Generalist • East Asia • Ecology, Evolution and Behavior • Economics • Education of the Deaf/Hearing Impaired • Electrical and Computer Engineering • English • Environmental Science (Biological Sciences) • Environmental Science (Geographical Sciences) • Environmental Science (Geological Sciences) • European Studies • Exercise Science • Families and Personal Relationships • Families and Society • Finance • French • Geography • Geological Sciences General • Geophysics • Geosystems Engineering and Hydrogeology • German • German, Scandinavian and Dutch Studies • Government • Greek • Health and Society • Health Promotion • Hindi/Urdu • History • Human Biology • Human Development • Human Ecology • Human Relations • Humanities • Hydrogeology • Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures • Interior Design • International Business • International Nutrition • International Relations and Global Studies • Islamic Studies • Italian • Japanese • Jazz Composition • Jazz Performance • Jewish Studies • Journalism • Korean • Latin • Latin American Studies • Linguistics • Malayalam • Management • Management Information Systems • Marine and Freshwater Science • Marketing • Mathematical Sciences • Mechanical Engineering • Medical Laboratory Science • Merchandising and Consumer Sciences • Mexican American • Microbiology and Infectious Diseases • Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures • Middle Eastern Studies • Music • Music Studies • Neurobiology • Neuroscience • Nursing • Nutrition and Public Health • Nutritional Sciences • Performance • Petroleum Engineering • Pharmacy • Philosophy • Physical Culture and Sports • Plan II Honors Program • Plant Biology • Political Communication • Pre-Pharmacy • Psychology • Public Health • Public Relations • Pure Mathematics • Radiation Physics • Radio-Television-Film • Religious Studies • Rhetoric and Writing • Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies • Sanskrit • Science and Technology Management • Social Work • Sociology • South Asia • Space Sciences • Speech/Language Pathology • Sport Management • Studio Art • Supply Chain Management • Taiwan • Tamil • Teaching • Theatre and Dance • Theatre Studies • Urban Studies • Visual Art Studies • Women’s and Gender Studies • Youth and Community Studies

36 Certificates Offered at UT AustinAfrican Studies Cer8ficate • Business and Public Policy • Business Founda8ons Program • Children & Society • Communica8on and Society: Science Communica8on • Conflict Resolu8on and Peace Studies • Core Texts and Ideas • Crea8ve Wri8ng • Digital Arts & Media • Elements of Compu8ng Program • Energy Management • Environment & Sustainability • Ethics & Leadership in Business • Ethics & Leadership in Health Care • Ethics & Leadership in Law, Poli8cs & Government • Ethics & Leadership in the Media • Evidence and Inquiry Cer8ficate • Food and Society • Forensic Science • Hindi Urdu Flagship • Human Rights & Social Jus8ce • Innova8on, Crea8vity & Entrepreneurship • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Sexuali8es Study Cer8ficate • Media, Culture & Iden88es • Na8ve American and Indigenous Studies Cer8ficate • Pre-‐Health Professions • Public Policy • Real Estate • Scien8fic Computa8on • Social Entrepreneurship & Non-‐profits • Social Inequality, Health & Policy • Sports & Media • US La8no and La8n American Media Studies Cer8ficate • UTeach Liberal Arts • UTeach Natural Sciences • UTeach Urban Teachers

1 Major and 1 Minor or Cer-ficate = Over 29,000 Possibili-es!

Vick Center for Strategic Advising & Career Counseling

UGS provides a unique combination of career counseling and course advising to help students explore and understand their options before they must decide on a major.

new students enrolled in ��UGS in 2014–15. 2,011 total

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750! of those students have transferred to colleges from which they’ll graduate

8,000! student appointments with advisors during the academic year

The Outcomes: Where UGS Students End Up��2012 cohort migration

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Truth: Students star8ng in UGS graduate at the same rate as all UT students.

Remembering the Commission of 125:

The Problems:Too many students believe that the core curriculum is nothing more than a series of obstacles to be sidestepped (however possible).

There are too many low quality core course choices available outside UT.

Legislation undermines quality of the core (dual enrollment

courses in high schools, HB 1992–we must accept AP score > 3).

These three problems amplify each other.

“He’d done well in AP high-‐school English, which had go:en him out of having to take literature classes, and he hadn’t read a book since gradua8ng from college”

“An example of the new breed…A University of Michigan graduate….He had a good job at a local engineering firm and drove a nice car”

“He was surprised to learn Russia had fought in World War II”

Ahead of our -me: The core curriculum is now a:rac8ng na8onal a:en8on

Key Recommenda8ons

1.  Create a new structure (UGS) to support academic change and oversee the core curriculum


3.  Crea8on of Signature Courses

4.  Crea8on of the Skills and Experience Flags for a reimagined core curriculum

Signature CoursesRequired of every UT undergraduate

Taught by over 200 faculty from all colleges and schools. ��220 courses provide 10,500 seats. 270 proposed for 2015

Key points of interest1.  UT’s most distinguished faculty encouraged to teach the subject ��

about which they are most passionate

2.  Departments compensated financially in proportion to participation

3.  UGS oversees the program, maintains quality, handles administration

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Signature Courses served as the QEP during our latest SACS accredita8on. Over several years, thousands of pieces of wri8ng analyzed according to a 15-‐point rubric. Was praised by SACS as a na8onal model of assessment.

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Ongoing assessment is criticalHowever, higher educa8on is as much about student inspira8on as it is about them learning informa8on.

Informa8on ohen becomes obsolete, especially in technical fields, but inspira8on lasts a life8me.

Although much more difficult, we are also assessing inspira8on provided by the Signature Course program.

“My Signature Course was the only class where I could explore things outside my major and talk about real world issues. Today, I have spoken in front of 60,000 high school students to share the lessons I learned in class; your voice ma:ers, and it can change the world.” “I took a class on English words and their origins and was amazed. As a mechanical engineering student, this class was very different from my major classes and added a lot to my undergraduate experience!” “The course was one of my favorites I've taken at UT. It was over something completely different than anything else I've studied. It improved my wri8ng, and I read books I probably never would have read otherwise. The professor of this course is probably my favorite professor of my undergraduate career and I took one of her English classes aherwards!”

Signature Course Stories

Published May, 2015

A collection of student and faculty essays describing how these courses connect our newest students with distinguished faculty members.

A new video will allow us to spread the word and export this groundbreaking teaching model

Key Recommendations





True Core Curriculum Reform ��Flags Essential skills and experiences for this century.

An evolution of the core curriculum that fills in the gaps of the 42-hour core.

A direct answer to the Commission of 125’s challenge.

True Core Curriculum Reform ��Flags Essential skills and experiences for this century.

An evolution of the core curriculum that fills in the gaps of the 42-hour core.

A direct answer to the Commission of 125’s challenge.

Putting the Flags in Texas’ Flagship University.

Major Announcement:

Beginning with the class entering in the fall of 2016:

All students will be required to take the Flags

Highlight: Ethics and Leadership FlagEquips students with the tools necessary for making ethical decisions in adult and professional life. Courses carrying this flag expose you to ethical issues and to the process of applying ethical reasoning in real-life situations.

“History 316L: The United States Since 1865” Professor Megan Seaholm

“Public Relations 378: Communicating Sustainability” Professor Lucy Atkinson

“Nursing 321: Ethics in Healthcare” Professor Gayle Timmerman

“At least one-third of the course grade must be based on work in practical ethics, i.e., the study of what is involved in making real-life ethical choices.”

Ethics and Leadership Rubric Evalua8on !  Rubric applied to samples of student work from Spring 2015 courses from

Government, History, and Music. !  Hundreds of student work samples assessed. CRITERION % MEETING OR EXCEEDING

EXPECTATIONS

Recogni8on of ethical issues in complex situa8ons 84% Familiarity with the vocabulary of prac8cal ethics 63% Ar8cula8on and cri8cal evalua8on of ethical viewpoints 53% Applica8on of ethical lens to arguments involving ethical issues 66%


Ethics and Leadership Student Survey!  Fall 2014 Survey of all EL-flagged courses across campus!  2,934 Completed Surveys

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Wri8ng Flag Student Survey !  Fall 2014 Survey of all WR-‐flagged courses across campus !  2,625 Completed Surveys


UGS Offers Academic Professional Development:4 Faculty writing retreats that teach faculty the latest pedagogy in writing instruction

Attended by faculty from 9 colleges and schools“This was the most valuable professional development workshop I have ever been a part of.”

“The info was living and breathing useful – made changes in syllabus and assignments as we worked.”

Attracting National Attention:Presentations by UGS staff have attracted a great deal of attention at national conferences such as the recent Lilly conference earlier this month.

Inspired by our success, several universities are developing their own versions of Signature Courses. (Multiple UT System and Texas A&M System campuses).

National universities such as Ohio State have reached out to learn about Signature Courses and Flags.

Beyond the Task Force recommendations: We have accomplished a whole lot more.

Discovery ScholarsAcademic support program features small classes, in-depth discussion sections with supplemental instruction, network-building activities, a team approach to advising, and workshops on topics like study skills and career development

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Freshmen Reading Round-Up

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TOP 5 PARTICIPATING COLLEGES

total hours of academic assistance provided in 2014-15

Sanger Learning Center

110,000 !

30,000! number of student visits ��to the center in 2014-15

Provides tutoring, peer academic coaching, study skills workshops, and other innovative programs

12,900! students attending workshops and course reviews in 14-15

Transfer-Year ExperienceNew this year:Resource for academic transition that connects incoming transfer students with the particular programs and services they need during their first year on campus.

•  Transfer Student Signature Courses

•  Transfer-Year Interest Groups

Bridging Disciplines

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Undergraduate Research

139! student researchers presented posters at ��the 2015 longhorn research BAZAAR

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STUDENTS WHO PURSUED RESEARCH THROUGH OUR

Texas Student Research Showdown

$1,500!in scholarships to recognize students’ excellence in research communication

First place ��Sanjai Bashyam, Electrical engineering junior

Project: Innovation Station, a 3D printing ��vending machine

Second place (tie)Ashley C. Rivera, Sociology seniorProject: Discovering meaning: Drumming and Garifuna identity

Tarale Murry, Accounting seniorProject: The relationship between basketball, Christianity, and hip-hop on the influence of black male adolescent identity development

Priorities for 2016

•  Improve communication in UGS, with the UT community, and beyond

•  Greatly enlarge our undergraduate research support footprint

•  Provide support for newly forming academic success programs•  Open the Speech Center in PCL

•  Pioneer academic support for online courses•  Provide eager support for Project 2021

It’s 2016…

UGS is now fully accomplishing what we were originally built to do … and we are doing a lot more, too.

Our programs are gaining national attention and are being copied by other universities.

What UGS has put in place will naturally support the next phase of curriculum reform at UT.

Former UT President Bill Powers and Paul Woodruff, the inaugural dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies, deserve most of the credit for getting this far.

My final thought: Academic reform is not a destination, it is a constantly evolving journey. The right approach is to build an infrastructure to support constant change and improvement. I see UGS as that infrastructure. I see

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